Anthony Grant v. City of Los Angeles Larry Maillet W.F. Casey Rudy Vidal Harold Moberly Brian O'Hara Douglas Roller John Hall

19 F.3d 27 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Anthony GRANT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES; Larry Maillet; W.F. Casey; Rudy Vidal; Harold Moberly; Brian O'Hara; Douglas Roller; John Hall, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-55820. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 10, 1993. Decided Feb. 15, 1994. Before: ALDISERT, * HUG and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Anthony Grant appeals the district court's judgment following a bench trial in favor of the City of Los Angeles and several of its police officers on charges of police brutality brought under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 and arising from his arrest for car-jacking. Both in his brief and at oral argument, Appellant Grant has limited the scope of our inquiry to the primary issue before us, whether the district court abused its discretion in ordering a bench trial after the parties failed to respect its pre-trial order that they furnish the court with a "clean"…